Abstract
The increase in nonrenewable energy (non-RE) has been a growing concern for low-income individuals’ quality of life, health, economy, and environment. At the same time, the use of non-RE is also a great concern for the whole population as we are breathing the same environment. The photovoltaics (PV) solar panel is one solution to decrease low-income individuals’ energy bills and increase the quality of life of all individuals. Knowing the behavioral theory of why low-income individuals do not adopt PV would allow further insights and possible interventions to help low-income individuals install PV. Research has found that low-income individuals are more likely to have financial and knowledge barriers that hinder them from installing PV. Providing a way for low-income individuals to combat these barriers would help them to use PV. This review showed that low-income individuals are likely to benefit from policy programs that incentivize them to use PV. More knowledge about PV can also be aided by policy programs that inform low-income individuals how to save financially and at the same time work their way to install PV. Social groups could also be formed in the same policy programs to help low-income individuals share strategies on saving financially and knowledge about the benefit of installing PV. These social groups can act as a social reinforcement to low-income individuals to install PV. Helping low-income individuals to install PV would help low-income individuals financially and improve the population’s quality of life.
Highlights
Introduction and BackgroundThe transformation of low-income individuals to the usage of renewable energy (RE)such as photovoltaics (PV) solar panels is a major strategy to solve climate change
This paper aims to use behavioral psychology accompanied by other sectors of psychology to understand the psychological barriers of using PV in low-income individuals
We propose four behavioral psychology theories for us to understand the behaviors of low-income behavior
Summary
The transformation of low-income individuals to the usage of renewable energy (RE). Such as photovoltaics (PV) solar panels is a major strategy to solve climate change. Many people have known the benefits of PV, low-income individuals continue to face challenges in installing PV in their houses [2]. Non-RE energy usage of low-income individuals has been an issue for the low-income and non-low-income individuals alike. This is because non-RE usage has an adverse effect on the environment’s air quality shared by all the Earth population. Knowing the barriers that hinder low-income individuals from adopting the use of PV is essential to increasing the health and environment of the whole population
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